Making Mistakes: Humility v. Confidence

While teaching, many teachers make mistakes. However, as a teacher, one should be confident as well. When a teacher makes a mistake, where does he or she draw the line between confidence and humility? When a teacher makes a mistake, he or she needs to be honest with their students. However one should not teach something confidently if he or she is unsure about their content. To prevent this situation from occurring, a teacher can be better prepared in his or her content area. Regardless, a teacher will make a mistake. If the mistake is regarding content, the teacher should admit his or her mistake to their students. The teacher should follow up and provide their students with correct content as soon as possible. To an extent this situation presents humility, because the teacher does not care how they are viewed. They truly care about the content and information the students learn. They want to be sure that what they teach is accurate.